Opposition parties have raised fears that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) which suffers credibility issues is” plotting to facilitate rigging of through the national identification card as a prerequisite for one to be eligible to vote in the 2019 Tripartite Elections. MEC announced that the ID will be used as a prerequisite for one to […]
Minister of Civic Education, Culture and Community Development Cecilia Chazama has assured Nkhotakota residents that government is working on problems affecting the national registration programme. Speaking after visiting some registration centres in Nkhotakota on Wednesday, Chazama assured the people that government will ensure that they get registered without spending hours at the centres. Nkhotakota boma, […]
Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) said the national identification card exercise which has been put as a prerequisite for one to be eligible to vote in the 2019 Tripartite Elections.the national must be suspended claiming it is the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government tool to rig elections in 2019. The MPs said this on Thursday […]
The National Registration Bureau (NRB) has dislosed that over 100 000 people have registered during the first week of the ongoing National Registration and Identification System (NRIS) project. In a statement madeavailable to Nyasa Times, NRB public Relations Officer, Norman Fulatira said they are impressed that the mass registration of Malawian citizens for national identification cards […]
Minister of Civic Education, Culture and Community Development, Cecelia Chazama has admitted that the first phase of the national registration exercise which is currently underway has started with some challenges. Chazama made the remarks on Friday during the press briefing held in Lilongwe following her Thursday’s visit to some registration centres in Mchinji. The minister […]
As the mass registration of national Identity cards started in Ntchisi last week, state of the art electronic cameras failed to pick a face of one old man at Mpherere Primary School centre to the surprise of the National Registration Bureau (NRB) officers. Isaac Mnduwila, who is also a village headman, expressed worry over the […]
Civic education experts are warning Malawians against aiding foreigners to get national IDs as the exercise gets underway Wednesday. Paul Kanyenda, National Institute for Civic Education (Nice) district coordinator for Mchinji said the punishment for helping a foreigner get a national identity card is five years imprisonment with hard labour and K1 million fine. “Some […]
Government has set aside K35 billion for mass registration of national identity cards to start in May. This brings hope that the national identity cards will be used in the 2019 general election, the first step towards credible elections. Spokesperson for the National Registration Bureau Norman Fulatira said out of the K35 billion budget, 40 […]
Britain has said it is pleased to to support Malawi government’s flagship national identity cards (IDs) project which will provide all Malawians with a legal identity. President Peter Mutharika launched the National Registration and Identification system project on Thursday at Bingu International Conference centre in Lilongwe. Head of DFID in Malawi, Philip Smith, disclosed that […]
President Peter Mutharika will on Wednesday launch national identity cards (IDs) project to address the challenges Malawians have long faced due to the absence of the documents. Malawi is the only country in southern Africa without such IDs for its citizens. The President, who returned home Sunday after a weeks-long visit to the United States […]
In what can be described as walking the talk on public sector reforms, the Malawi government is set to launch the much awaited National Identity Cards – 12 years after such attempts by previous regimes. Speaking in an interview with Zodiak radio, Vice President Saulos Chilima, who chairs the reforms commission, said the first 6,200 […]
The National Registration Bureau will from next week Monday August 8 start to roll out first phase of registration and issuance of national identity cards in Thyolo. The three day exercise aims to register and issue 200 national identity cards to people aged from 16 years and above in two villages of Magombo and Likwakwanda […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security has announced it has secured K1. 5 billion as starter pack to school the citizenry on the process of getting national identity cards (IDs). The Ministry says its department of National Registration Bureau (NRB) got the approval through the current parliamentary sitting of the 2015/2016 budget meeting. […]
Pollster Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has cast doubt that the biometrical voter registration set for 2019 would be implemented saying the National Registration Bureau (NRB) seems not to be ready. MEC chairman Maxon Mbendera said in an interview on the sidelines of an audience with President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday in Lilongwe that NRB was […]
Malawi will roll out its national identity project next year on a pilot basis but in 2017 all citizens will have ID cards, said President Peter Mutharika in the capital, Lilongwe on Friday where he delivered an opening address at the start of the 46th session of parliament on Friday. The government is expected to […]
Malawi government through the Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security has said national identity cards (IDs) will be available to all Malawians by the end of this year. However, the issuing process requires K1.3 billion ($3 million) as upfront payment to roll out IDs project and a commitment for the next three years of the […]
A lot of resources associated with conducting fresh elections would be saved if government expedited the finalisation of the National Identity cards. The proposal is contained in a report the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) released Friday on the 2014 elections monitoring report in Lilongwe. The report, which explains, queries and recommends, highlights various […]
Malawi is one of the few countries in the world where citizens do not have identity cards. In fact, Malawian citizens are never really registered. Only voters are, with voting cards issued for every election. But not all Malawians have the right to vote (minors for instance, do not) and many who do choose not […]